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So after our adrenalin-raising boat tour off the shores of Marettimo, we had a huge meal, and proceeded to wander around the island a few hours before heading back to the Sicilian main island. [...]

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Ok, we’ll have to take a break from all the “food porn” in Sicily to remember why we were there: seeing beautiful places in Sicily and spending time with our friends!
Our friends were thinking about taking us to one of the Aegadian Islands near Trapani (the main ones being Favignana, Marettimo and Levanzo), [...]

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Update: We really didn’t plan this…Shelley from At Home in Rome is talking about Sicilian-Swiss pastries (and frutta martorana) today on her blog, too!
After I stopped salivating over the Setteveli cake at the Pasticceria Cappello, I noticed that they indeed sold other things in the pasticceria other than the setteveli. Many, many, salivation-worthy creations.

Gelo di [...]

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While I’m writing this, my hands are shaking and my heart is racing because it’s a damned-if-you-do, and you’re damned-if-you-don’t. It’s so incredibly good that I can’t keep it all to myself, but I feel that if even one more person knows about it, I will have to compete with them for its limited supply.
Come [...]

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